No fake antiques here! Maltese Falcon writer Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco apartment building lists for $4.3 million
- 237 Leavenworth Street, located in the Tenderloin District, has hit the market for $4.3M. It is being sold in conjunction with 620 Eddy Street for $10.5M in total
- Hammett lived in the Leavenworth Street building during the early 1920s, just before he would write his famous novel, Maltese Falcon
- The novelist, who died in 1961, wrote the majority of his ‘ground-breaking hard-boiled detective fiction’ in the area
Maltese Falcon writer Dashiell Hammett’s former San Francisco apartment building has hit the market for $4.3million.
The 23-unit building, located at 237 Leavenworth Street, is located in the Tenderloin District and is being sold in conjunction with neighboring building 620 Eddy Street for a total of 58 units. The combined price for the two buildings is $10.5million, but Leavenworth is listed alone at $4.3million.
Hammett lived in the Leavenworth Street building during the early 1920s, just before he wrote his famous novel, Maltese Falcon, a detective novel set in America. He would go on to move to Post Street, also in the Tenderloin District, to write his novel.
According to the Tenderloin Museum, the novelist, who died in 1961, wrote the majority of his ‘ground-breaking hard-boiled detective fiction’ in the area.
The two buildings were listened by Michael Johnston and Andrew Black of Berkshire Hathaway Drysdale Properties and the Leavenworth Street building is currently ‘fully occupied’ with ‘solid in-place rent,’ according to the listing.
The 23-unit building, located at 237 Leavenworth Street, is located in the Tenderloin District and is being sold in conjunction with neighboring building 620 Eddy Street for a total of 58 units
Hammett lived in the Leavenworth Street building during the early 1920s, just before he wrote his famous novel, Maltese Falcon
Hammett’s building is filled with only studio apartments. Average rent for a studio in the area runs for about $2,500, according to Apartments.com. It is unclear what the what the building, which is fully leased, is running rent prices at.
Interior photos of the apartment building show the lobby area featuring a linoleum flooring and splashes of green and peach for color. It is decorated with rows of golden mailboxes and a painting that hangs on the opposite wall.
Apartments in the building feature hardwood flooring, light-colored wood cabinets, white appliances, and clean white paint. Despite the building being built in 1922, the apartments appear to be renovated with modern touches.
The apartments shown in the listening feature a large living area with a curved three-window panel and a large closet.
The apartments shown in the listening feature a large living area with a curved three-window panel and a large closet
Apartments in the building feature hardwood flooring, light-colored wood cabinets, white appliances, and clean white paint. Despite the building being built in 1922, the apartments appear to be renovated with modern touches
The novelist, who died in 1961, wrote the majority of his ‘ground-breaking hard-boiled detective fiction’ in the area
The Maltese Falcon is a detective novel set in America.
The building also has a back concrete area with trashcans gated off and small trees.
Hammett worked for the Pinkerton Detective Agency on Market Street while living in San Francisco, which gave him inspiration for his detective novels, including for his Maltese Falcon main character PI Sam Spade.
The novel was made into a movie in 1941 – more than a decade after it was first published. It is considered one of the first film noir.
Hammett left San Francisco for New York in 1930, where he wrote his other famous work, The Thin Man.
He died in New York City in 1961.
